"Right you 'orrible lot....

p_p_man

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...hands off cocks - hands on socks!"

Anyone else served in the armed services who remember those choice phrases from anyone a rank higher than yourself?

Usually shouted at full throttle half an inch from one of your ears...:)
 
I can honestly say that no one's ever said that to me, P_P_man.

My brother said they told him in the army, "This will be a significant, memorable experience in your lifetime!"
 
By the squad sargent in boot camp. The phrase used was "Cammon you worms! Drop those cocks and grab some socks!"

They also told us; "Give your soul to God! Your ass belongs to us!"
 
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The best line from Basic training...

"I am Staff Sergeant **** and I will be your father while you are here. This is SSgt %%%% and he will be your mother while you are here.

"SSgt %%%% and I are NOT married, so you know what that makes you."
 
The worst threat of all was:

"I'll send you back to the first fucking week."
 
Some of them had no imagination...... and simply inserted an identifying charachteristic in front of a derogatory remark ie. YOU FUCKING "NEWFIE" CUM BUBBLE YOU WILL MOVE NOW!

While others....well.... they had a talent for it and a retort for every occassion. Delivered of course at maximum, red faced spit flying volume.

On a "little walk" (with a 30 kilo pack)during advanced infantry training we were sitting down taking a breather when one of the "talented" ones approached me and leaned over.

He: "Pretty tough hill that........ how 'ya doin'?

Me (totaly "fagged" out and apparently delirous) : Fuck me "staff" I think i'm gonna' have a heart attack!

He: WELL YOUR HEARTS A LONG FUCKIN" WAYS FROM YOUR FEET, AND APPARENTLY YOUR OLD MANS DICK WAS A LONG FUCKIN' WAY FROM HIS BRAIN NOW MOVE!!!!!

Charming.
 
Yes, but we will never forget the name of our Drill Sgt.

TSgt. Cruz

What scared me the most was that he couldn't have been more than 5'4" tall...maybe 120#, so you knew he had to be a mean little shit to survive.
 
Reading all these quotes makes me think of "Full Metal Jacket", one of my favorite Vietnam War moves.

Full Metal Jacket quotes

Pvt Pyle, Joker, Lee Emery as the Drill Instructor....

"How tall are you, private?
Sir, five-foot-nine, sir!
Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked shit that high."

"Were you born worthless, or did you have to work at it?"
 
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